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No Service Tax on Legal Services by Advocate to Law Firm Bombay HC

Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...

March 7, 2026 813 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign Speaker Payments for Leadership Summit Not Event Management Service: SC

Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...

January 20, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Applicable on Export Cargo Handling at Airports: SC

Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...

November 6, 2025 624 Views 0 comment Print

Legal Services under the Service Tax Regime

Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...

September 14, 2025 1617 Views 0 comment Print

Affiliation Fees – No Service Tax Can Be Demanded: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...

August 29, 2025 1035 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Black fungus – Evidence Based Advisory in the Time of Covid-19

Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...

May 17, 2021 1467 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Department issuing illegal SCN for FY 2014-15

Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...

January 5, 2021 75702 Views 15 comments Print

Director of a company arrested for evasion of Service Tax

Service Tax :  Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...

July 12, 2018 3114 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Pre Budget 2018 Suggestion on Service Tax, Cenvat Credit Rules, Excise Duty, Custom Duty & CST

Service Tax : A suitable amnesty scheme must be thought of for all Central Laws and State Laws which have been merged in GST in one go to reduce...

December 28, 2017 2220 Views 0 comment Print

Summary of CAG Audit Report on Service Tax for Year ending on March 2017

Service Tax : Section 16 of CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into consolidated fund of India and to satisfy that t...

December 21, 2017 2169 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Audit Detection, Non-Filing of Returns Alone Don’t Prove Tax Evasion: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding the extended limitation period was not invocable as suppression with inte...

July 18, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Set Top Boxes Allowed as Inputs to Dish TV: CESTAT Allahabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Allahabad set aside interest demand, holding set top boxes qualified as inputs and full CENVAT credit was admissible on rec...

July 17, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Imported Dredger Allowed as Input Under Rule 2(k): CESTAT Hyderabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Hyderabad allowed CENVAT credit on an imported dredger as input under Rule 2(k), set aside the credit demand and disposed o...

July 17, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Performance Bank Guarantee Invocation Quashed for Unrelated Earlier Contract Claim: Calcutta HC

Service Tax : Calcutta HC quashed invocation of a performance bank guarantee for recovery under an earlier contract and directed refund of the g...

July 17, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand on Government Works Contracts Set Aside on Limitation: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax :  CESTAT Kolkata set aside Service Tax demand, interest and penalty, holding issues in favour of the appellant on exemption or lim...

July 17, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd.

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. vide Order No. 08/202...

May 9, 2023 2040 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s A.K. Construction Co.

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s A.K. Construction Co. vide Order No. 07 /2023-...

May 4, 2023 975 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Hi-tech Equipment Services

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Hi-tech Equipment Services vide Order No. 06/2...

May 4, 2023 843 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...

May 4, 2023 897 Views 0 comment Print

Payment of Service Tax by department of Posts & Ministry of Railways by way of book adjustment

Service Tax : CBIC earlier noted that the practice of payment of Service tax by way of book adjustment adopted by the Department of Posts and th...

March 21, 2023 2238 Views 0 comment Print


Service Tax Payment date finally extended for UT of Puducherry

December 18, 2015 1481 Views 0 comment Print

Date for payment of Service Tax for November 2015 in the Union Territory of Puducherry (except Mahe & Yanam) extended to 20th December 2015 vide Notification No. Notification No. 27/2015-Service Tax, dated-18.12.2015.

Service tax on fabrication of garments service received by apparel exporters

December 15, 2015 9810 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No.190/9/2015-Service Tax It has come to the notice of the Board that certain field formations are taking a view that service tax is payable on services received by the apparel exporters from third party for job work. Apparently field formations are taking a view that the services received by apparel exporters is of manpower supply, which neither falls under the negative list nor is specifically exempt. However, trade is of the view that the services received by them is of job work involving a process amounting to manufacture or production of goods, and thus would fall under negative list [section 66D (f)] and hence would not attract service tax.

CAG Report on wrong Availment of Service Tax Exemptions

December 10, 2015 2382 Views 0 comment Print

Availment of Exemptions Under section 93 of Finance Act, 1994, the Government is empowered to exempt generally or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, taxable service of any specified description from the whole or any part of the service tax leviable thereon. During the course of this performance audit we […]

CAG report on irregular Availment/Utilisation of Cenvat Credit

December 10, 2015 2506 Views 0 comment Print

Availment/Utilisation of Cenvat Credit A provider of taxable services can, in terms of rule 4 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 avail credit of excise duty paid on inputs and capital goods and service tax paid on any input service. The credit can be utilised towards payment of service tax subject to the fulfilment of […]

CAG report on non/short-payment of service Tax

December 10, 2015 1010 Views 0 comment Print

Section 67 of the Finance Act, 1994, envisages that where the provision of service is for a consideration in money, value of taxable service shall be the gross amount charged for such service. During the course of this performance audit we observed 145 cases of non/short-payment of service tax of Rs.  44.74 crore. Out of […]

Service Tax Payment due Date Extended for Tamilnadu State

December 9, 2015 1511 Views 0 comment Print

For all Service Tax assessees in the State of Tamil Nadu, the date for payment of Service Tax for November 2015 is extended to 20th December 2015 vide Notification No. 26/2015-Service Tax dated 09th December 2015.

No Service tax leviable on handling charges incurred for bringing goods, when it was included in value of goods liable to VAT

December 8, 2015 4664 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble CESTAT, Mumbai, relying upon the decision in the case of Ketan Motors Ltd. Vs. CC, CE & ST [Final Order No. A/321/2013-WZB/C-1 (CSTB), dated 18-2-2013], held that Section 67 of the Finance Act mandate levy of Service tax on a value or consideration received for rendering the services.

Cenvat credit cannot denied to service recipient for non-payment of Service tax by service provider

December 8, 2015 1216 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble CESTAT, Ahmedabad, held that a service recipient can only see the Cenvatable document under which Service tax paid/ payable has been indicated. However, it is not the case of the revenue that the service provider does not exist.

Cenvat credit of Service tax on Group Insurance premium and mediclaim for existing/retired employees allowable

December 8, 2015 41623 Views 0 comment Print

The Department denied the Cenvat credit to Reliance Industries Ltd. (the Appellant) on the ground that the Service tax paid on the life insurance/ medi-claim policy for the existing employees and retired employees is ineligible as they are not covered under the definition

Cenvat credit admissible despite non-registration with Service Tax Department at the time of availing input services

December 8, 2015 2734 Views 0 comment Print

India Housing (the Appellant), a service provider, took Cenvat credit on certain input services. The Department denied the Cenvat credit on the ground that the Appellant has taken Cenvat credit on the documents which are not the correct documents as per the Rule 9(2) of the Credit Rules.

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